o What is Cron Manager?

Cron Manager implements the Cron facility found in UNIX. It will
automatically open any Application, Document, Folder, or other 
file at the exact date and time specified by you. By creating an 
alias of a file, renaming it with the date and time it should be 
opened, and moving it into the special Cron Events Folder, Cron 
Manager will open it for you. It works like the Startup Items 
folder, only smarter. It works with any file on your Macintosh: 
if you can double-click to start it, Cron Manager can open it.

There are no new user interface concepts to learn. All you need 
to know is how to create an alias and how to rename a file.


o How does it work?

Cron Manager is a control panel. Simply place it into your Control
Panels folder and restart your Macintosh to create the special 
Cron Events Folder inside your System Folder. Any files placed in 
that folder will be opened at the date and time specified in their
names.

Cron Manager will even create an alias of the Cron Events Folder 
in the Apple Menu, giving you quick and easy access to all of your
Cron entries.


o The Cron Manager Window

You communicate with Cron Manager through the control panel 
window. You can create an alias of the Cron Evens Folder in the 
Apple Menu by choosing the alias option in the control panel. This
will let you easily access and modify the Cron entries within the 
folder.

The "Help" button enables you to view on-line help, which shows 
you how to create a Cron entry by giving you the correct syntax 
and several examples, including tips and hints on how to use them.

Cron Manager can be deactivated by flipping the on/off switch, 
and, by selecting the desired keys, you can customize the key 
combination needed to abort Cron Manager from installing itself 
at system startup.


o The Cron Events Folder

The Cron Events Folder is a folder inside the System Folder where 
all Cron entries are stored. Each Cron entry can be either an 
alias of the file to be opened or the file itself. Below is a list
of sample Cron entries with a brief explanation of what each means.

  7/4/93 13.00        open folder on July 4th, 1993 at 1:00 PM
  9.00                open document every day at 9:00 AM
  Mon Wed Fri *60     open application every hour on those days
  1/-/1994 *240       open document every 4 hours in January of 1994
  22.- any minute...  demonstrates the use of comments in a Cron entry
  +120                open document 2 hours after starting your Mac


You can designate a Cron entry to open a file at a specific time 
and date, or you can set Cron entries to engage repeatedly by 
using a combination of a wildcard character "-" and special repeat
characters "+" and "*".

You can, for example, use the wildcard character to specify an 
entire month by substituting the "-" symbol for the day field:

  1/-/94              item will be opened every day in January 1994

Or, you can use the "*" symbol to repeat something at a user 
specified interval:

  *60                 item will be opened every hour

The wide range of options in delineating Cron entries gives it 
great flexibility.

Cron Manager requires System 7, but takes very little memory and 
runs unobtrusively. It is not an application, so it does not 
appear under the application menu. Nor is it a system extension, 
so it will not cause INIT conflicts. Until you need it, you will 
not even know it's there.

Cron Manager comes complete with on-line help. At the click of a 
button an interactive help system is available to you.


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Cron Manager is available now from Orchard Software, Inc. for 
$26.95 plus $2 shipping (overseas shipping is $5). MA residents 
must add 5% sales tax.

Cron Manager is also available bundled with CLImate, our command 
line interface and scripting system for the Macintosh, for $59.95 
plus $3 shipping (overseas shipping is $6). MA residents must add 
5% sales tax. For more information on CLImate please write or call
us at the address below.

To order Cron Manager, please send a check or money order made 
payable to:


	Orchard Software, Inc.
	P.O. Box 380814
	Cambridge, MA 02238-0814
	(617) 876-4608